Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-03
IMPORTANT ISSUES NOW.

The present attitude Of the Democrats
of Ohio on the tariff question is a menace
to every interest in the state-agricul-
tural, commercial and manufacturing
as well as dangerous threat to the
| wrkingman. The party in its platform
boldly declares for tariff for revenue
only. Ii practically indorses the Nor
rison tariff bill in which wool is put on
the free list and the tariff on all other
articles either removed or reduced to next
| to nothing.
The wool growers of the state met with
a rebuff from the Democratic convention,
which not only refused to declare in favor
of a restoration of the reasonable wool
tariff of 1867, but would not even promise
| the continuance of the meager tariff on
wool which has been in effect since 1888
Instead of this. the platform means. if it
means anything. that Democrats of Ohio
| favor placing wool on the free list and
ewing our wool growers no protection
against foreign competition. The tariff
plank in the Democratic platform is
directly in the line of British interests, is
un-American and follows the teaching of
the Golden Club of England, which is
unremitting in its efforts to ruin the
brsincss interests of this country that
Eiose of England may he built up.
What our last experience with the
ariff for revenue only. indorsed by the
Democrats. was. Hon. W. ID. Kelly. after
speaking of the revival of industries and
,eplenshing Of National revenues under
he protective tariff of 1Sl2, tells as fol-
lows:
''The prosperity thus produced was,
however. to be short lived. for in 1916
congress substituted for the protective
tariff Of 1912 the tariff for revenue only
prepared by Robert J. Walker. then Sec
retary Of the treasury. The country had
never prospered under such tariff.
Was il to do so now; Let experience an
swer this question. The law went into
effect in 1S47, and. though we mined g.
100 000, 900 of gold from the newly dis
covered gold fields of California during
the following decade. 1857 found the Ma
tion bankrupt. its workingmen and ma
rhinery without employment. its banks
broken or in a state OF suspension. and
the government again without credit or
adequate current revenue. This condi-
ton Of things continued until. by the
protective tariff of 1861 and its war sup
plemen;s, we made the duties on imports
50 high that combined British capitalists
dare not. after paying such duties into
our treasury. undersell our manufactur-
ers. The experiment would involve
more capital than even they felt it safe
to venture against such odds Thus pro
tected our industries again revived, and
with varying degrees of prosperity have
continued to expand.
Free trade England is the Ishmaelite
Of nations. Against her aggressive
spirit Manchester's science based on as
sumptions offers no protection. To pro-
mote her own trade she subvertS the
weak, circumvents the ignorant and
rredulous. and betrays her equals. In
witness to these assertions, ! appeal to
the story of her dealings with Turkey.
India, Egypt, Japan and Ireland; with
Portugal, whose wool husbandry and wool
and wOrsted industry were destroyed by
the treaty Of Methuen; with China upon
whom she forces the opium trade; and to
her treatment of her American colonists
and the people Of the United States,
whenever, accepting the faith she pro
fesses but by which she was not gov
.rned, they have adopted tariff for
revenue only
Ohio caunOt indorse British free trade
The voters will vote for the interests Of
his country by casting their ballots for
The Republican ticket and protection to
American interest ami American labor